The court this afternoon heard how at around 6.30pm on the day after the killing, Davidson robbed pensioner Michael Rogers on Whitegate Road, Caia Park, stealing £3 or £4 and a Samsung mobile phone.

Prosecuting barrister Andrew Thomas said Davidson approached his victim near a play area and pushed him to the ground, causing minor injuries, before producing a machete and telling him “I’m going to cut your head off. You’re going to die.”

Davidson only stopped when a teenage girl recognised him and told him to stop.

Murder weapon found

The same day Davidson committed an aggravated burglary at Benjamin Road, Wrexham, armed with the machete and a knife.

Occupier Przemysla Saczonek returned home to discover Davidson in the house. He confronted him and as he fled and Mr Saczonek followed him, but as he approached the defendant threatened to kill him and appeared to be reaching for something in his pocket.

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Claw hammer attack

Then on Tuesday, March 28 - the day before he was caught, Davidson, went to Chester with two friends where he later robbed 52-year-old Stephen Brown.

Mr Brown, had been working at the Tesco Metro store in the city centre as a security guard and was walking to his car over the Old Dee Bridge into Handbridge to his car when he spotted Davidson getting out of the rear seat of an estate car with his face partially covered.

Davidson produced a claw hammer and demanded money, but Mr Brown replied he did not have any and started to walk away.

As he did, Davidson lunged at him, striking him on the head with the hammer.

He felt the defendant rifling through his pockets, taking his wallet and phone as he lay bleeding heavily on the ground.

Mr Brown sought help from a nearby takeaway and was treated in hospital for lacerations to his forehead, which needed stitches.

He was discharged the next day, but developed an infection and returned to hospital two days later where it was discovered he had a depressed fractured skull and he was transferred to the Walton Centre in Liverpool for specialist treatment.

Jordan Davidson, 25, and the cul-de-sac where Mr Churton was found dead (Image: North Wales Police/Robert Parry Jones)

Davidson is caught

About half an hour after that attack, the BMW estate visited the Shell garage at New Brighton, near Mold, and a second garage in Mold town centre where the victim’s card was used, as well as at McDonalds.

The car was later found by police at a garage in Flint - with Davidson hiding beneath a blanket in the back.

When challenged he attempted to attack PC David Hall with the claw hammer.

There was a struggle and Davidson managed to remove PC Hall’s belt containing his taser and Casco baton.

A “prolonged and violent struggle took place” said Mr Thomas.

Nicholas Churton was a popular businessman who owned Churtons wine bar in Rossett

PC Hall suffered multiple bruises to the left forearm, which was also swollen, left elbow, both hands, right forearm, upper shoulder and lower back.

Arrested, Davidson answered no comment to all significant questions during interview and without warning attacked DC Donald Kenyon, punching him in the head.

There was a prolonged struggle before the defendant was handcuffed.

DC Kenyon suffered bruising to his head and face as well as a shoulder injury.